Latest Realty News of Sikkim

NEW DELHI: The government is gearing up to ensure the passage of the crucial real estate bill, which is aimed at curbing malpractices in the sector and bringing transparency through regulatory mechanism, in the forthcoming Winter session of Parliament.

MUMBAI: After emerging as one of the top 20 technology-rich cities globally, Bengaluru has made debut in the list of top 20 commercial real estate investment cities in the world, says a Jone Lang LaSalle report.

New Delhi: With India's real estate industry facing a huge slowdown for last 2-3 years, the government on Tuesday relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms in the construction sector by removing two major conditions related to minimum built-up area as well as capital requirement.

MUMBAI: The centre has streamlined FDI in real estate, made it more transparent and offered greater flexibility to foreign investors to invest in India's property market, as part of a move to open up the economy even further.

DUBAI: Leading real estate players in the Middle East are bullish about Indians continuing as the most prolific foreign investors in the sector in the coming months too, as official statistics show that Indians have invested over Rs 30,000 crore last year alone here in properties.

Shalu is a professional, earning a high salary. She has invested a lot in property—land, an apartment and a house in her native place—as she feels real estate is a good investment option. Buying property gives her an emotional high and leaves her feeling content.

MUMBAI | BENGALURU: With commercial real estate showing signs of recovery, property developers that had stopped investing additionally in this segment are now looking to invest in office projects. The rising interest is this space has been generated by better demand outlook and constrained supply of grade A office spaces as most developers did not launch any major office projects since 2009, given the weak uptake until recently.

Monthly rentals and capital value expectations in commercial real estate in India rose in September quarter, albeit, at a pace lower than expected before, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the UK-based qualifications and standards body for land, property and construction.

Delhi: In a ruling that will restrict the right of women seeking equal share in ancestral property, the Supreme Court has said that the 2005 amendment in Hindu law will not give property rights to a daughter if the father died before the amendment came into force.

Mumbai: Hopeful that the age of slowdown will end soon for the real estate industry, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the sector must survive on market economy and subsidies should not be the "essence of survival".

NEW DELHI: Government departments involved in granting approvals for construction projects in cities and towns will now come out with necessary notifications by November-end for streamlining approvals for time-bound and hassle-free clearances. This will mean applicants don't have to bring their cases to Delhi for different clearances.

New Delhi: The Centre would hold discussions with the state governments about measures being taken to promote affordable housing projects for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Groups (LIG).

MUMBAI: Sanjay Grewal, IDFC's board member is joining Altico Capital, the nonbanking financial arm of Clearwater Capital. RK Narayan of Jones Lang Laalle is moving to head the $400 million real estate fund of Macquarie Group. There are more than half a dozen top-level hires in the last couple of months among real estate private equity funds.

SINGAPORE: Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Tishman Speyer to invest in the developer's office project in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, the firms said in a joint statement.

MUMBAI:It's a wager gone terribly wrong. Rich savvy investors, who invested in real estate debt funds expecting higher yields and capital protection, are spending sleepless nights as they have not been receiving regular interest payments over the past year. Some of these investments may go down the sewer unless there is an immediate uptick in property sales and a resultant revival in the real estate sector, wealth managers and analysts opine.